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Course Descriptions

 

Electrical Technology
  

  • ELE 131 - National Electrical Code I

    - credits 4

    Provides comprehensive study of the purpose and interpretations of the National Electric Code as well as familiarization and implementation of various charts, code rulings and wiring methods including state and local regulations. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • ELE 132 - National Electrical Code II

    - credits 4

    Provides comprehensive study of the purpose and interpretations of the National Electric Code as well as familiarization and implementation of various charts, code rulings and wiring methods including state and local regulations. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • ELE 149 - Wiring Methods in Industry

    - credits 3

    Studies the fundamentals of industrial power distribution, circuits, switches, enclosures, panels, fuses, circuit breakers, transformers, and wiring methods, using various charts and tables of the National Electrical Code.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • ELE 156 - Electrical Control Systems

    - credits 3

    Includes troubleshooting and servicing electrical controls, electric motors, motor controls, motor starters, relays, overloads, instruments and control circuits.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4

English Direct Enrollment
  

  • EDE 10 - English Composition Preparation

    - credits 3

    Provides academic skills and support for introductory composition. Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and research. Upon successful completion of EDE 10, instructors recommend enrollment in EDE 11 /ENG 111  or ENG 111   or ENG 115  .

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • EDE 11 - English Composition Readiness

    - credits 3

    Provides academic support for successful completion of ENG 111  . Students will identify and apply academic skills including critical reading, writing, thinking, and introductory research.

    Corequisite: ENG 111  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

English
  

  • ENG 111 - College Composition I

    - credits 3

    Introduces and prepares students to the critical processes and fundamentals of writing in academic and professional contexts. Teaches the use of print and digital technologies to promote inquiry. Requires the production of a variety of academic texts, totaling at least 4500 words (15 pages typed) of polished writing. This course requires proficiency in using word processing and learning management software. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 111 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 112 - College Composition II

    - credits 3

    Further develops students’ ability to write for academic and professional contexts with increased emphasis on argumentation and research. Requires students to evaluate, integrate, and document print and digital sources to produce a range of academic and multimodal texts, culminating in a fully documented research paper. This course requires proficiency in using word processing and learning management software. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in EDE 11 /ENG 111 , EDE 11 /ENG 115 , or ENG 111 . 
    Prerequisite/Corequisite: Eligibility to enroll in EDE 11 /ENG 111 , EDE 11 /ENG 115 , or ENG 111 . 

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 112 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 113 - Technical-Professional Writing

    - credits 3

    Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and technical documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected readings. Provides instruction and practice in basic principles of oral communication/presentation. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 111  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • ENG 115 - Technical Writing

    - credits 3

    Develops ability in technical writing through extensive practice in composing technical reports and other documents. Guides students in achieving voice, tone, style, and content in formatting, editing, and graphics. Introduces students to technical discourse through selected reading. This course applies to career/technical education (CTE) programs. ENG 113 serves both transfer and CTE programs.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ENG 211 - Creative Writing I

    - credits 3

    Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Part I of II.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or divisional approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ENG 212 - Creative Writing II

    - credits 3

    Introduces the student to the fundamentals of writing imaginatively. Students write in forms to be selected from poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or divisional approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ENG 225 - Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas

    - credits 3

    Examines a set of literary texts linked by a particular theme, with inquiry into the historical, cultural, and/or social contexts of the texts and the theme. Emphasizes interpretive and critical analysis skills developed through close reading and intertextual study, as well as highlights an exploration of cultural ideas. Engages works of diverse genres, authors, and time periods. Specific themes will vary by section. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 225 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 245 - British Literature

    - credits 3

    Examines British literary traditions and texts from diverse time periods, genres, and authors. Develops critical thinking and interpretive skills through close reading, discussion, and analysis of literary texts in their historical, cultural, social, and/or literary contexts. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 245 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 246 - American Literature

    - credits 3

    Examines American literary traditions and texts from diverse time periods, genres, and authors. Analyzes literary works within their historical, cultural, social, and/or literary contexts. Emphasizes skills of close reading. Develops critical thinking and interpretive skills through discussion, interpretation, and analysis of these texts. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 246 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 250 - Children’s Literature

    - credits 3

    Examines the history and development of children’s literature of diverse genres, time periods, and authors. Focuses on analysis of texts for literary qualities and audience. Develops critical thinking and interpretive skills through close reading, discussion, and analysis of literary texts. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 250 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 255 - World Literature

    - credits 3

    Examines literary texts across a variety of cultures, genres, and time periods. Develops critical thinking and interpretive skills through close reading, discussion, and analysis of literary texts from around the world in their historical, cultural, social, and/or literary contexts. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 255 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ENG 258 - African American Literature

    - credits 3

    Explores the stories African American authors tell about themselves, their communities, and the world. Examines common and diverging themes within African American literary traditions through the study of diverse authors, genres, and literary movements from a variety of time periods. Emphasizes interpretive and critical analysis skills developed through close reading and consideration of historical and cultural contexts. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: ENG 112  or departmental approval.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): ENG 258 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Electronics Technology
  

  • ETR 113 - D.C. and A.C. Fundamentals I

    - credits 3

    Studies D.C. and A.C. circuits, basic electrical components, instruments, network theorems, and techniques used to predict, analyze and measure electrical quantities. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • ETR 114 - D.C. and A.C. Fundamentals II

    - credits 3

    Studies D.C. and A.C. circuits, basic electrical components, instruments, network theorems, and techniques used to predict, analyze and measure electrical quantities. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • ETR 150 - Machine Control Using Relay & Programmable Logic

    - credits 3

    Provides an introduction to hardwired relay logic and the programmable logic controller (PLC) as utilized in a variety of different control tasks. Covers different types of inputs and outputs in control system. Teaches practical troubleshooting strategies.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • ETR 160 - Survey of Microprocessors

    - credits 4

    Provides an overview of microprocessor architecture, basic machine language programming, and I/O devices.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • ETR 167 - Logic Circuits and Systems

    - credits 3

    Studies digital switching and logic circuits, numbering systems, Boolean algebra, logic gates and families. Includes fundamental concepts of microprocessor operation and interface circuitry.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • ETR 214 - Advanced Circuits and New Devices

    - credits 2

    Includes lectures and demonstrations on the latest developments in electronics.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • ETR 228 - Computer Troubleshooting and Repair

    - credits 3

    Teaches procedures for isolating and correcting problems in computers and computer-related hardware. Emphasizes operational concepts, use of diagnostic software and troubleshooting equipment.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • ETR 237 - Industrial Electronics I

    - credits 4

    Studies linear integrated circuits for industrial applications, motors, industrial control devices, power control circuits, transducers, industrial process control, and sequential process control. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • ETR 238 - Industrial Electronics II

    - credits 4

    Studies linear integrated circuits for industrial applications, motors, industrial control devices, power control circuits, transducers, industrial process control, and sequential process control. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • ETR 241 - Electronic Communications I

    - credits 4

    Studies noise, information and bandwidth, modulation and demodulation, transmitters and receivers, wave propagation, antennas and transmission lines. Includes broad band communication systems, microwave, both terrestrial and satellite, fiber optics, multiplexing and associated hardware. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • ETR 242 - Electronic Communications II

    - credits 4

    Studies noise, information and bandwidth, modulation and demodulation, transmitters and receivers, wave propagation, antennas and transmission lines. Includes broad band communication systems, microwave, both terrestrial and satellite, fiber optics, multiplexing and associated hardware. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • ETR 278 - Computer Interfacing and Circuitry

    - credits 4

    Deals with typical circuitry used to interface computers with the outside world.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • ETR 295 - Topics In

    - credits 2

    Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit

    Lecture Hour(s): 2

French
  

  • FRE 101 - Beginning French I

    - credits 4

    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic French sentence structure. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Note(s): May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    FRE 101 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • FRE 102 - Beginning French II

    - credits 4

    Introduces understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic French sentence structure. Part II of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Note(s): May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    FRE 102 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • FRE 201 - Intermediate French I

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part I of II

    Prerequisite: FRE 102  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    FRE 201 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • FRE 202 - Intermediate French II

    - credits 3

    Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. French is used in the classroom. Part II of II.

    Prerequisite: FRE 201  or equivalent.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): May include one additional hour of oral practice per week.

    FRE 202 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.

Health Care Technology
  

  • HCT 101 - Health Care Technician I

    - credits 4

    Teaches basic care skills with emphasis on physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Covers procedures, communications and interpersonal relations; observation, charting and reporting; care planning, safety and infection control; anatomy and physiology, nutrition and patient feeding; ethics, death and dying. Prepares mutli-skilled health care workers to care for patients of various ages with special emphasis on geriatric nursing, home health, long and short term care facilities.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • HCT 115 - Medication Administration Training

    - credits 3

    Prepares students to safely administer, or to assist in client self-administration of medications in specific settings. Includes practice. Meets curriculum requirements of the State Board of Nursing.

    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • HCT 190 - Coordinated Internship

    - credits 2

    Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit.

    Variable Hours: Yes

History
  

  • HIS 111 - World Civilization Pre-1500 CE

    - credits 3

    Surveys the history of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from antiquity to approximately 1500. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): HIS 111 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • HIS 112 - World Civilizations Post-1500 CE

    - credits 3

    Surveys the history of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas from approximately 1500 CE through the present. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): HIS 112 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • HIS 121 - United States History to 1877

    - credits 3

    Introduces the history of the United States from its origins to 1877. Includes the European exploration, development of the American colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, major political, social and economic developments, geographical expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): HIS 121 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • HIS 122 - United States History Since 1865

    - credits 3

    Introduces the history of the United States from 1865 to present. Includes major political, social and economic developments since 1865, overseas expansion, the two world wars, the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

    Note(s): HIS 122 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • HIS 141 - African-American History I

    - credits 3

    Surveys the history of black Americans from their African origins to the present. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3

Health
  

  • HLT 105 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

    - credits 1

    Provides training in coordinated mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation and chest compression, choking, life-threatening emergencies, and sudden illness. Equivalent to EMS 100.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
  

  • HLT 106 - First Aid and Safety

    - credits 2

    Focuses on the principles and techniques of safety and first aid.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • HLT 110 - Concepts of Personal and Community Health

    - credits 3

    Studies the concepts related to the maintenance of health, safety, and the prevention of illness at the personal and community level.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • HLT 130 - Nutrition and Diet Therapy

    - credits 2

    Studies nutrients, sources, functions, and requirements with an introduction to diet therapy. This course applies to career/technical education (CTE) programs. HLT 230 serves both transfer and CTE programs.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Laboratory Hour(s): 1
    Total Hours Per Week: 2
  

  • HLT 138 - Principles of Nutrition

    - credits 2

    Studies nutrient components of food, including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. Provides a behavioral approach to nutrient guidelines for the development and maintenance of optimum wellness. This course applies to career/technical education (CTE) programs. HLT 230 serves both transfer and CTE programs.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 2
  

  • HLT 141 - Introduction to Medical Terminology

    - credits 2

    Focuses on medical terminology for students preparing for careers in the health professions. This course applies to career/technical education (CTE) programs. HLT 143 serves both transfer and CTE programs.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 2
  

  • HLT 143 - Medical Terminology I

    - credits 3

    Provides an understanding of medical abbreviations and terms. Includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, word stems, and technical terms with emphasis on proper spelling, pronunciation, and usage. Emphasizes more complex skills and techniques in understanding medical terminology. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • HLT 145 - Ethics for Health Care Personnel

    - credits 2

    Focuses on ethical concepts of health care. Emphasizes confidentiality, maintaining patient records, personal appearance, professionalism with patients/clients, associates, and an awareness of health care facilities.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 2
  

  • HLT 160 - Personal Health and Fitness

    - credits 3

    Studies the relationships between health and fitness. Topics include nutrition, disease prevention, weight control, smoking and health, medical care, aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, and the relationship between physical and mental health.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • HLT 250 - General Pharmacology

    - credits 2

    Emphasizes general pharmacology for the health related professions covering general principles of drug actions/reactions, major drug classes, specific agent within each class, and routine mathematical calculations needed to determine desired dosages.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2

Industrial Engineering Technology
  

  • IND 101 - Quality Assurance Technology I

    - credits 3

    Studies principles and techniques of quality engineering for the management, design engineering economics, production, and assurance of quality. Emphasizes fundamentals of total quality assurance for product and process control. May include design review, fundamentals of statistics procurement control, sampling and control chart systems, quality reporting, process capability analysis, tool and gauge control, document control, or troubleshooting quality control. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • IND 103 - Industrial Methods

    - credits 2

    Covers theoretical knowledge necessary for familiarization with common handtools, common power tools, measuring tools and techniques, fastening components and procedures, grinding operations, metal cutting operations, and other miscellaneous tasks.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • IND 116 - Applied Technology

    - credits 3

    Introduces basic information and problem solving techniques in liquids, gases, solids, metrics, mechanics, forces, simple machines, heat, light, sound and nuclear energy as applied in industrial engineering technologies.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • IND 137 - Team Concepts & Problem Solving

    - credits 3

    Studies team concepts and problem solving techniques to assist project teams in improving quality and productivity. Provides knowledge of how to work as a team, plan and conduct good meetings, manage logistics and details, gather useful data, communicate the results and implement changes.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • IND 145 - Introduction to Metrology

    - credits 3

    Studies principles of measurement and calibration control, application of statistics to measurement processes, and standards of measurements in calibration. May include the use of gauges and instruments in modern production and dimensional control concepts.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • IND 190 - Cooperative Internship

    - credits 3

    Supervised on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit.

    Variable Hours: Yes
  

  • IND 197 - Cooperative Education

    - credits 3

    Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college’s cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college. May be repeated for credit.

    Variable Hours: Yes

Information Technology Design and Database
  

  • ITD 110 - Web Page Design I

    - credits 3

    Stresses a working knowledge of web site designs, construction, and management using HTML or XHTML. Includes headings, lists, links, images, image maps, tables, forms, and frames.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITD 132 - Structured Query Language

    - credits 3

    Incorporates a working introduction to commands, functions and operators used in SQL for extracting data from standard databases.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITD 210 - Web Page Design II

    - credits 3

    Incorporates advanced techniques in web site planning, design, usability, accessibility, advanced site management, and maintenance utilizing web editor software(s).

    Lecture Hour(s): 3

Information Technology Essentials
  

  • ITE 100 - Introduction to Information Systems

    - credits 3

    Covers the fundamentals of computers and computing and topics which include impact of computers on society, ethical issues, and terminology. Provides discussion about available hardware and software as well as their application.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITE 140 - Spreadsheet Software

    - credits 3

    Covers the use of spreadsheet software to create spreadsheets with formatted cells and cell ranges, control pages, multiple sheets, charts, and macros. Topics include type and edit text in a cell, enter data on multiple worksheets, work with formulas and functions, create charts, tables, and styles, insert headers and footers, and filter data.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITE 150 - Desktop Database Software

    - credits 4

    Incorporates instruction in planning, defining, and using a database; performing queries; producing reports; working with multiple files; and concepts of database programming. Includes database concepts, principles of table design and table relationships, entering data, creating and using forms, using data from different sources, filtering, creating mailing labels.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • ITE 152 - Introduction to Digital and Information Literacy and Computer Applications

    - credits 3

    Develops understanding of digital and information literacy. Introduces basic computer concepts in hardware, software, cyber, cloud, database, and operating systems. Includes hands-on experience developing word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents. Evaluates the reliability of sources. Covers creating a simple web page. Examines topics such as social, legal, and ethical issues. This is a UCGS transfer course.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): ITE 152 can be used to meet a requirement in the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • ITE 170 - Multimedia Software

    - credits 3

    Explores technical fundamentals of creating multimedia projects with related hardware and software. Students will learn to manage resources required for multimedia production and evaluation and techniques for selection of graphics and multimedia software.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • ITE 180 - Help Desk Support Skills

    - credits 3

    Emphasizes instruction in customer support techniques required for analyzing and coordinating software and hardware solutions for end-user needs. includes evaluation and communication techniques required to provide help desk support necessary to transfer knowledge and enable implementation of a solution.

Information Technology Networking
  

  • ITN 100 - Introduction to Telecommunications

    - credits 3

    Surveys data transmission systems, communication lines, data sets, network, modes of transmission, protocols, and interfacing. Emphasizes network structure and operation.
  

  • ITN 101 - Introduction to Network Concepts

    - credits 3

    Provides instruction in networking media, physical and logical topologies, common networking standards and popular networking protocols. Emphasizes the TCP/IP protocol suite and related IP addressing schemes, including CIDR. Includes selected topics in network implementation, support and LAN/WAN connectivity.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITN 102 - Introduction to Networked Client Operating Systems (LAN)

    - credits 3

    Consists of instruction in the installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of networked client operating systems in a data communications environment. This course can utilize any mixture of available networked client operating systems.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • ITN 106 - Microcomputer Operating Systems

    - credits 4

    Teaches use of operating system utilities and multiple-level directory structures, creation of batch files, and configuration of microcomputer environments. May include a study of graphical user interfaces.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
  

  • ITN 109 - Internet and Network Foundation

    - credits 3

    Provides a basic comprehension of Internet and network technologies including IT job roles, connection methods, TCP/IP functionality and DNS. Explores web server technologies with security and project management concepts. Introduces network creation, physical and logical topologies including media properties, server types, IP addressing and network security.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3
  

  • ITN 257 - Cloud Computing: Infrastructure and Services

    - credits 4

    Focuses on cloud infrastructure, deployment, security models, and the key considerations in migrating to cloud computing. Covers the technologies and processes required to build traditional, virtualized, and cloud data center environments, including computation, storage, networking, desktop and application virtualization, business continuity, security, and management.

Information Technology Programming
  

  • ITP 132 - C++ Programming I

    - credits 3

    Centers instruction in fundamentals of object-oriented programming and design using C++. Emphasizes program construction, algorithm development, coding, debugging, and documentation of C++ Applications.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • ITP 140 - Client Side Scripting

    - credits 4

    Provides instruction in fundamentals of Internet application design, development, and deployment using client side scripting language(s).

Medical Assisting
  

  • MDA 100 - Introduction to Medical Assisting

    - credits 1

    Introduces the student to the medical practice environment. Stresses the responsibilities of the humanistic approach in the rendering of health care.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Total Hours Per Week: 1
  

  • MDA 101 - Medical Assistant Science I

    - credits 5

    Provides an in-depth study of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology for the medical assistant. Focuses on clinical application and decision-making in the health environment.

    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • MDA 102 - Medical Assistant Science II

    - credits 2

    Prepares students to perform patient care procedures including but not limited to respiratory care procedures, basic nursing arts, equipment maintenance, and patient teaching.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • MDA 103 - Medical Assistant Science III

    - credits 2

    Prepares students to perform clinical assistant skills and emergency care procedures and to meet the state requirements for licensure in radiography.

    Lecture Hour(s): 1
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 4
  

  • MDA 104 - Medical Assistant Science IV

    - credits 3

    Prepares students to perform diagnostic tests and assist with physical examinations including ECG administration, basic pulmonary function, testing, catheterization and assisting with minor surgery including sterilization.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • MDA 196 - On-Site Training (Medical Admin Office Specialist or Coding and Billing

    - credits 2

    Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit.

    Variable Hours: Yes
    Note(s): Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours.
  

  • MDA 203 - Medical Office Procedures

    - credits 3

    Instructs the student in the practice of the management of medical offices in areas such as receptionist duties, telephone techniques, appointment scheduling, verbal and written communications, medical and non-medical record management. Explains library and editorial duties, inventory, care of equipment and supplies, security, office maintenance, management responsibilities, placement, and professional ethics and professionalism.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • MDA 207 - Medical Law and Ethics

    - credits 2

    Instructs the student in the legal relationship of the physician, patient, and medical assistant; professional liabilities, Medical Practice Acts, professional attitudes and behavior and the types of medical practice. Also includes a basic history of medicine.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
  

  • MDA 210 - Medical Office Software Applications

    - credits 1

    Instructs the students in the use of software in the medical office including billing, scheduling appointment and patient records.

    Laboratory Hour(s): 2
  

  • MDA 221 - Diagnostic Laboratory Procedures

    - credits 4

    Instructs the student in the practice of laboratory procedures commonly performed in a physician’s office. Includes the use and care of equipment and supplies, the processing of reports and requisitions, terminology, and the safety of patient and student. Includes urinalysis and hematology testing.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6
  

  • MDA 290 - Coordinated Internship

    - credits 3

    Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. May be repeated for credit.

    Variable Hours: Yes
    Note(s): Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours.

Mechanical Engineering Technology
  

  • MEC 165 - Applied Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Hydrostatics

    - credits 3

    Teaches fluid power system design, operation, testing, maintenance and repair. Includes reservoirs, pump connecting valves, cylinders, pressure regulating valves, flow control valves, hydraulic motors, and introduction to basic hydrostatic hydraulic systems.

    Lecture Hour(s): 2
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 5
  

  • MEC 211 - Machine Design I

    - credits 4

    Introduces analytical design of bearings, clutches, coupling, brakes, springs, gearing systems, and power shafting. Emphasizes methods of construction, machine parts and specifications of materials, and manufacturing processes. Part I of II.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Laboratory Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 6

Marketing
  

  • MKT 100 - Principles of Marketing

    - credits 3

    Presents principles, methods, and problems involved in marketing to consumers and organizational buyers. Discusses problems and policies connected with distribution and sale of products, pricing, promotion, and buyer motivation. Examines variations of marketing research, legal, social, ethical, e- commerce, and international considerations in marketing.

    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Total Hours Per Week: 3

Mathematics
  

  • MTH 130 - Fundamentals of Reasoning

    - credits 3

    Presents elementary concepts of algebra, linear graphing, financial literacy, descriptive statistics, and measurement & geometry. Based on college programs being supported by this course, colleges may opt to add additional topics such as: logic or trigonometry. This course is intended for occupational/technical programs.

    Prerequisite: MDE 10  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning

    - credits 3

    Presents topics in proportional reasoning, modeling, financial literacy and validity studies (logic and set theory). Major emphasis is on the process of taking a real-world situation, identifying the mathematical foundation needed to address the problem, solving the problem and applying what is learned to the original situation. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. 

    Prerequisite: MDE 10  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): MTH 154 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning

    - credits 3

    Presents elementary statistical methods and concepts including visual data presentation, descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression. Emphasis is placed on the development of statistical thinking, simulation, and the use of statistical software. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: MDE 10  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155 Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245 : Statistics I.

    MTH 155 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 161 - Precalculus I

    - credits 3

    Presents topics in power, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: MDE 10  and MDE 60  
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 161: PreCalculus I and 167: PreCalculus w/ Trig or equivalent.

    MTH 161 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 162 - Precalculus II

    - credits 3

    Presents trigonometry, trigonometric applications including Law of Sines and Cosines, and an introduction to conics. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Placement or completion of MTH 161 : PreCalculus I or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 162 : PreCalculus II and 167 : PreCalculus w/ Trig or equivalent.

    MTH 162 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 245 - Statistics I

    - credits 3

    Presents an overview of statistics, including descriptive statistics, elementary probability, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Placement or completion of MTH 154 : Quantitative Reasoning or MTH 161 : PreCalculus I or equivalent with a grade of C or better. 
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): Credit will not be awarded for both MTH 155 : Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245: Statistics I.

    MTH 245 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 261 - Applied Calculus I

    - credits 3

    Introduces limits, continuity, differentiation and integration of algebraic, exponential and logarithmic functions, and techniques of integration with an emphasis on applications in business, social sciences and life sciences. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Completion of MTH 161   or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
    Note(s): MTH 261 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
  

  • MTH 262 - Applied Calculus II

    - credits 3

    Covers techniques of integration, an introduction to differential equations and multivariable calculus, with an emphasis throughout on applications in business, social sciences and life sciences.

    Prerequisite: Completion of MTH 261   or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 3
  

  • MTH 263 - Calculus I

    - credits 4

    Presents concepts of limits, derivatives, differentiation of various types of functions and use of differentiation rules, application of differentiation, antiderivatives, integrals and applications of integration. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.

    Prerequisite: Placement or MTH 161 /MTH 162  PreCalculus I/II or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
    Lecture Hour(s): 4
    Note(s): MTH 263 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.
 

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